Shillong: Purno Agitok Sangma's new found political avataar as the head of the National People's Party has had a shaky start at the Meghalaya polls. With only two seats in his kitty, this is an unimaginable result for the state's grand old politician. Adding insult to injury was Opposition leader...

Agartala: The Left Front stormed back to power in Tripura and the Naga People's Front in Nagaland, while the Congress, which fared poorly in both states, emerged as the single-largest party in Meghalaya with two seats short of absolute majority in the assembly election results declared on Thursday.
The three outgoing...

Shillong: Three former Chief Ministers in Meghalaya emerged victorious in the Assembly election as the Congress is comfortably coasting towards a return to power winning 29 seats.
Congress chief DD Lapang, former Chief Minister SC Marak and United Democratic Party president Donkupar Roy...

New Delhi: It was a repeat of the 2008 Assembly elections in the three northeast states of Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya as the incumbent parties came to power in all the three states. In Tripura, the CPI(M) registered its fifth consecutive victory with wins in 49 seats. In Nagaland, the...

Agartala: The ruling Congress party on Thursday came back to power after emerging as the single largest party in the state and winning 29 seats in Meghalaya. It now remains to be seen whether it will yet again form a coalition with the UDP like the last time to come...

New Delhi: 5:16 pm: The Congress emerged as the single largest party in Meghalaya with wins in 29 seats. It remains to be seen whether it will form an alliance once again with the UDP, which has won eight seats. The NCP won 2 seats, HSPDP 4 while the NPP...

Shillong: Counting of votes for 60 Assembly seats of Meghalaya, polling for which was held on February 23, began at 8.00 am on Thursday amidst tight security. INC wins 12 seats, Others wins three seats and UDP wins 5 seats. INC is leading in 24 seats, UDP is leading in...

The stakes are high for the Congress party but analysts say the CPM-led Left front will gain a comfortable win in Tripura. Nagaland may be problematic as well where the Congress and the ruling Naga People's Front have been on almost equal footing the last few elections. Each state has...

Shillong: Counting of votes for the 60 Assembly seats in Meghalaya would be held on Thursday amid tight security. A whopping 88 per cent of the 1.5 million voters exercised their franchise on February 16 to pick a new 60-member house in the state bordering Bangladesh.
There were 345 candidates,...

Agartala: Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland have been told to tighten security on their international and inter-state borders ahead of the vote count in the three states on Thursday. "Security along the borders will be further tightened in view of the counting of votes," an Election Commission official stated on Monday.
The...

Agartala/Kohima/Shillong: Counting of votes will begin on Thursday in the Northeastern states of Meghalaya, Tripura and Nagaland amid tight security. Assembly elections in the three states, having 60 seats each, were held February 14 and February 23.
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In Tripura, both the ruling CPI-M led Left Front as well as the Congress-led...

Shillong: Over 88 per cent of votes were cast on Saturday for the 60 Assembly seats in Meghalaya where polling was held in a peaceful manner, barring stray incidents. Chief Electoral Officer P Naik said polling was peaceful in the state except for a few stray incidents, detailed reports of...

Shillong/Kohima: Polling for the Assembly elections were conducted in Meghalaya and Nagaland on Saturday. While Meghalaya recorded over 88 per cent polling, Nagaland witnessed a voting percentage of 83.27. The two northeastern states have 60-member assembly each. In Nagaland, polling was postponed in one constituency following the death of a...

Shillong: Twelve per cent of the electorate exercised their franchise in the first two hours of voting for the 60-member Meghalaya Assembly. Chief Election Officer P Naik said polling has been peaceful so far and no untoward incident has been reported from any part of the state.
Home department sources said...

Shillong/Kohima: Polling began in Meghalaya and Nagaland on Saturday and the Congress is fighting to retain power in Meghalaya and win back Nagaland in these elections. The two northeastern states have 60-member assembly each. In Nagaland, polling was postponed in one constituency following the death of a Congress candidate.
Twelve per...

Shillong: Polling began to elect 60 members to the ninth Meghalaya Assembly from among 345 candidates on Wednesday with an electorate of 15.3 lakh. Banned Khasi organisation, Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council, has called a 36-hour bandh from 6.00 pm on Friday till Saturday in the seven districts of Khasi and...

Shillong: Battle lines have been drawn for Saturday's poll to the 60member Meghalaya Assembly in which 345 candidates, including Chief Minister Mukul Sangma and Congress president DD Lapang, are in the fray.
Banned Khasi organisation, Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council has called a 36 hour bandh from 6.00 pm on Friday in...

Shillong: Hitler, Mafia, Bomber, Kennedy and Alexander are among 346 candidates seeking votes in Meghalaya. Not to be left behind, some voters in the state also have peculiar names like Thailand, New York and Submarine.
Among the other contestants for the February 23 polls who have equally colourful names are Hilarius,...

Meghalaya/Shillong: In the last 40 years of its statehood, Meghalaya has seen 23 governments. The coal and cement lobbies in the state are increasingly controlling elections and ensuring unstable governments.
Ardent Basaiawmoit, a legislator from Nongkrem is swimming against the tide, pushing for clean politics in Meghalaya. Basaiawmoit expects to win,...

New Delhi: Congress vicepresident Rahul Gandhi will visit Meghalaya Wednesday to campaign for the party in the February 23 Assembly elections, party sources said in New Delhi. "Rahul Gandhi will hold three public meetings in the state," a Congress source said.
While his first meeting will be at Williamnagar District Sports...

Shillong: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on February 15 promised to empower tribal governing bodies and improve women's representation in decisionmaking bodies in pollbound Meghalaya. "We will empower selfgoverning bodies and work for greater say of women in administrative decision making as we believe that this will help Meghalaya get more...

Shillong: Altogether 113 candidates of the total 341 candidates in fray for the February 23 Assembly elections in Meghalaya have property worth over Rs one crore, according to an working for electoral reforms. The ruling Congress fielded 35 crorepati candidates including four women, second only to the 38 others who...

Shillong: As many as 357 candidates from the 60 constituencies in the state filed their papers till the lastday for filing of nominations for the February 23 state Assembly elections.
The scrutiny which has been fixed for on Thursday, February 7.
On Wednesday, a total of 57 candidates from across the 11...

Shillong: BJP on Saturday approved the list of nine candidates out of 30 names sent for central leadership's approval for the February 23 elections in Meghalaya, officials said Shillong. "Chaired by Nitin Gadkari, the Central Election Committee of the party which met on Saturday in the national capital approved the...

New Delhi: The Election Commission of India on Friday announced the dates for polling in the three north eastern states of Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya. Polling will be held in Tripura on February 14, while in Meghalaya and Nagaland, the polling will be held on February 23.
The counting of the...